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Livre Curieux et Utile pour Les Sçavans, et Artists. Composé de trois Alphabets de Chiffres, Simples, doubles et triples.

Catalog Data

Designer:
Nicolas Verien, French, active 1685 – 1724  Search this
Medium:
Engravings on cream laid paper, bound in boards with leather spine
Dimensions:
Cover: 18.2 x 12.5 cm (7 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Type:
graphic design
Book
Object Name:
Book
Made in:
Paris, France
Date:
1685
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Book of 153 pages of ornamental monogrames and some medallions. In addition, 16 plates of "Supports and Chimiera" for ornaments on armor: the 17th plate is bound in as a frontispiece. The "table" follows with the Forward placed last.
Credit Line:
Gift of Hamill and Barker
Accession Number:
1962-143-121-9
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41efdd937-97c0-440c-8d5e-e97e405219e3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1962-143-121-9